Networked and Global Learning

This is what the NGL course site should/could perhaps migrate to. Perhaps in the coming weeks.

Recommended wanting to brush up on their writing skills.

An online lecture (slides+audio) from Prof Peter Albion (from USQ) for use in the course EDP4130.  In 20 minutes or so Peter gives some background to the changes in society, information availability etc that is - at least for some - suggesting a need for new approaches to knowledge, learning and teaching. 

This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it serves to motivate district level leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so.

We are living in a historical moment of transformation and realignment in the creation and sharing of knowledge, in social, political and economic life, and in global connectedness. There is wide agreement that we need new models of education suited to this historic moment, and not simply new models of schooling, but entirely new visions of learning better suited to the increasing complexity, connectivity, and velocity of our new knowledge society. Fortunately, we are also able to harness the same technologies and social processes that have powered these transformations in order to provide the next generation with learning experiences that open doors to academic achievement, economic opportunity, and civic engagement.

The recent generations have been bathed in connecting technology from birth, says futurist Don Tapscott, and as a result the world is transforming into one that is far more open and transparent. In this inspiring talk, he lists the four core principles that show how this open world can be a far better place.

video for syposium discussion - The digital native debate

Stephen Heppell talking to Marc Prensky about the role of the teacher in todays world.

Video for symposium debate - Digital natives

With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.)

Video for symposium debate on Digital Natives - excellent video on joining a movement.

Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed. With Coursera, Daphne Koller and co-founder Andrew Ng are bringing courses from top colleges online, free, for anyone who wants to take them.  We should spend less time at universities filling our students' minds with content by lecturing at them, and more time igniting their creativity … by actually talking with them." (Daphne Koller)

Academic blogging, the power and the pitfalls.

This article proposes a continuum of 'Visitors' and 'Residents' as a replacement for Prensky's much-criticised Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants.

Various resources that may be useful for those wishing to brush up on skills.

Ruminations on the origins and evolution of the PLE concept with a pointer to the "cooler"/more interesting trend that "network learning" is taking.

Chris is a "retired" Professor of Education. Has been writing and thinking about the impact of ICT on formal education and learning (which he refers to as "the L word") for a long time. The Public Click Pedagogy reading from week 1 originates largely with Chris.

Chris is a "retired" Professor of Education. Has been writing and thinking about the impact of ICT on formal education and learning (which he refers to as "the L word") for a long time. The Public Click Pedagogy reading from week 1 originates largely with Chris.

Not directly focused on NGL, but Audrey is a writer on education and especially the application of technology. Strong, informed and wonderfully articulated perspectives.

Coiner of the MOOC term. Lots of work/thinking/writing around open learning/education and rhizomes.

One of the creators of cMOOCs, strong connection with connectivism and lots else.

One of the most prolific, insightful and interesting thinkers/writers around online/networked learning, connectivism, cMOOCs etc. The OLDaily newsletter is a tremendous resource.